Source: AGFC ready to liberalize furbearer hunting rules … [Read more...]
Trappers Take Advantage of SD Bounty Program
Check out this article on a wildlife management bounty program that's making some waves. South Dakota has made it a priority to encourage the harvest of nest predators that impact pheasant populations. With pheasant hunting a major economic driver in the state, the bounty will pay $10 per tail, up to a total payout of $500,000. In an era where most state and local … [Read more...]
Landowners see success in predator control district | Agriculture | nrtoday.com
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The Aleutian Experience: One Trapper’s Story of Fox Trapping the Alaskan Islands
Kris Pope got the opportunity to do something many of us trappers dream of. One summer, he worked as a government trapper removing foxes on one of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Kris is now a forester in Georgia, an avid trapper, and founder of Coyote Trapping School, a video course program designed to teach you how to trap coyotes from the ground up. Find more about Kris … [Read more...]
Montana Trappers Oral History
If you like learning about trapping history, the Montana Fur Trappers Oral History Project is a fascinating collection to listen to. Back in the early 1980's Edd Nentwig and Diann Wiesner conducted interviews of old timer trappers who cut their teeth trapping the frontier in the early 1900's. Interviews include fascinating information, historical details, and some pretty … [Read more...]
Trapper Sounds Alarm on Further Protection of Algonquin Wolves (North Bay Nugget)
Wolves are capitalizing on a venison buffet as the deer criss-cross the newly formed ice on Trout Lake for a circuit of well-intentioned deer feeding stations on the shoreline.Source: Trapper sounds alarm | North Bay Nugget … [Read more...]
Delaware Adopts Coyote Trapping Season
For the first time in modern history, Delaware trappers will have a trapping season specifically for fox and coyotes. Officials at Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife are adopting rules for the season, which was created after the legislature passed a law that gave them the authority to manage the species. The trapping season is a response to the … [Read more...]
Montana, Minnesota to Open Wolf Trapping Seasons
Recent developments within the Minnesota legislature and the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission will allow the public to trap for wolves in the two states for the first time in decades. Wolf management was transferred from the federal government to the state of Minnesota in January when the population was removed from the Endangered Species List. The state is now … [Read more...]